Happy New Year to all our readers. The Leicester Curry Awards 2018 are well under way and we’re delighted with the standard of restaurants around the city and county that have been nominated this year. We’ve also been impressed with the amount of new restaurants that have been nominated including some we’ve never heard of which means they’re doing a great job and have a strong, loyal following. The new…
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It’s no surprise that us Brits love our curries – korma, madras, jalfrezi, and vindaloo are just some of our favourites. In fact, we love them so much that we’ve dedicated an entire week to it. National Curry Week runs from 9 – 15 October this year and you couldn’t be better placed to find a tastier curry than in Leicester. The city’s Belgrave Road, also known as the Golden Mile is a…
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Leicester welcomes a fresh annual event to its social calendar. There’s still a lively buzz in the air following the inaugural Leicester Curry Awards. Just five days ago, on April 23rd, Athena opened its doors to the vibrant event that championed Leicester’s finest Indian eateries. The dazzling evening welcomed around 500 guests and VIPs on the red carpet where they had the opportunity to be photographed before being greeted with…
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The Leicester Curry Awards team of six mystery judges has visited all 30 eateries that made it to the shortlist of finalists. The judges were each allocated a list of candidates to visit anonymously, using a set of strict judging criteria, including the restaurant surroundings, the welcome received, facilities, the value – and of course, evaluating the flavour, freshness and quality of the food itself. COUNCILLOR TED CASSIDY Councillor Ted…
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It has now come down to just twelve more sleeps until the curry awards takes place at Athena and the hype of the awards is spreading across the city as well as in the Pukaar News office. Kicking off the month with a royal visit from Her Majesty the Queen on the 13 th of April and finishing it off with Leicester curry awards on the 23rd has captured the interest of many and left people wanting…
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The Leicester Curry Awards are edging closer and closer and with less than three weeks until the event, all systems are go. The team are busy putting the final touches together and finalising the entertainment for the evening gala at Athena on April 23. Live performances on the night include singers, dancers and dhol players and event founder Romail Gulzar of Pukaar News couldn’t be more excited. “It’s taken a…
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As well as celebrating our county’s wonderfully vibrant Asian food scene, the Leicester Curry Awards have a commitment to supporting local causes. By donating a proportion of each ticket sale, this year we’ll be raising funds to help the work of our two nominated charities; The Rik Basra Leukaemia Campaign and Crimestoppers UK. This week, we’d like to introduce you to Rik Basra and his charity, founded to help save…
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Happy February and welcome back to the Leicester Curry Awards blog! In this week’s Meet the Sponsors post we introduce Anand International, who have chosen to support us by backing the category of Best Vegetarian Restaurant. Established in 1981, Anand International Ltd are leading wholesale trade distributors of brand named batteries, blank recordable media, consumer electronics, computer peripherals, smoking sundries and associated products Operating across the UK and Europe, they…
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In our third instalment of Meet the Sponsors, we’re taking a closer look at the work of #DMUlocal, a community initiative launched by De Montfort University, and sponsors of Best Fine Dining Restaurant at this year’s Leicester Curry Awards. Introduced in November 2015 as a new branch of the DMU Square Mile project, #DMUlocal works to make a significant contribution to the social and economic development of Leicester and to…
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Welcome back to our Meet the Sponsors post! This week we’re pleased to welcome Bond Adams Solicitors, sponsors of the Leicester Curry Awards Best Takeaway category. Leicester based Bond Adams are one of the leading law firms in the Midlands. They provide tailor made legal services to individuals, corporate and not for profit organisations in a range of specialist areas, from commercial property to education. Experts in their field, their lawyers have spoken…
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